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Wills, Trusts and Estates Examples & Explanations, 4e (Examples & Explanations)

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One of the weaker E&E titles 2 out of 5 stars.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

I normally love E&E. (The civil procedure E&E is wonderful). This one highly lacks.

The explanations of the concepts (before the examples) are poor. They barely skim the surface of certain concepts and as a result, I kept having to use another supplements to 'supplement' the explanations of this supplement. The explanations do not not give you enough black letter law.

The strength in this title - UPC intestate distribution discussion and examples. That's about it.

Excellent reference tool 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This is an excellent reference tool, especially for estate and trust administration paralegals. It is good for those with a low to intermediate knowledge base of the subjects.

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Keep Your Property & Repay Debts Over Time

Stephen Elias, Robin Leonard

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Reduce your debts, save your property -- and start over!

Are you behind on your mortgage, taxes or other bills? Are creditors threatening foreclosure or repossession? This book will show you how to save your house, car and other assets with Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. It lets you cancel your debts and pay off the rest with an affordable repayment plan.

And now you can avoid attorney fees and do it yourself -- let Chapter 13 Bankruptcyyou how to:

determine if you qualify for Chapter 13

stop a house foreclosure

estimate monthly payments

devise an acceptable repayment plan

complete and file forms

make up missed mortgage payments

pay off other debts

represent yourself before a bankruptcy judge or trustee

The 9th edition is completely rewritten to reflect the recent (and massive) changes to federal bankruptcy law, as well as the latest bankruptcy exemption laws of your state. It also includes the most current legal documents and instructions on filling them out.

Whether you work with a lawyer or file on your own, you'll find everything you need to take charge of your debts in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.

Please note: This book does not cover business bankruptcies, farm reorganizations or individual repayment plans (Chapter 13). For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, see Nolo's How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.

State and Federal Exemption Charts
Doubling
Residency Requirements for Claiming State Exemptions
Exemptions for Retirement Accounts
Individual State and Federal Charts

Tear-Out Forms
Voluntary Petition
Exhibit C to Voluntary Petition
Exhibit D to Voluntary Petition
Schedule A -- Real Property
Schedule B -- Personal Property
Schedule C -- Property Claimed as Exempt
Schedule D -- Creditors Holding Secured Claims
Schedule E -- Creditors Holding Unsecured Priority Claims
Schedule F -- Creditors Holding Unsecured Nonpriority Claims
Schedule G -- Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
Schedule H -- Codebtors
Schedule I -- Current Income of Individual Debtor(s)
Schedule J -- Current Expenditures of Individual Debtor(s)
Declaration Concerning Debtor's Schedules
Summary of Schedules and Statistical Summary of Certain Liabilities and Related Data
Form 3A -- Application and Order to Pay Filing Fee in Installments
Form 7 -- Statement of Financial Affairs
Form 10 -- Proof of Claim
Form 20A -- Notice of Motion or Objection
Form 21 -- Statement of Social Security Number(s)
Form 22A -- Statement of Current Monthly Income and Means-Test Calculation
Form 22C -- ChaStatement of Current Monthly Income and Calculation of Commitment Period and Disposable Income
Form 23 -- Debtor's Certification of Completion of Postpetition Instructional Course Concerning Personal Financial Management
Form 201 -- Notice to Individual Consumer Debtor Under § 342(b) of the Bankruptcy Code Amendment Cover Sheet
Daily Expenses
Notice of Plan Amendment and Confirmation Hearing Date
Proof of Service by Mail
Chapter 13 Repayment Plan

Appendix C: Charts

Wills, Trusts, and Estates (Casebook) (Casebook)

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Regarded as one of the best casebooks available for any course, this comprehensive text combines interesting cases, well-tailored notes, and a clear organization into an excellent teaching tool.

The new Seventh Edition retains the late Jesse Dukeminier’s unique blend of wit, erudition, insight, and playfulness and covers all the key topics in a logical, clear organization. Included are interesting cases that are not only fun to read, but fun for professors to teach as well. Cases are enhanced and connected to broader legal principles by well-written notes, questions, and problems and cartoons, illustrations, and photographs provide humorous interruptions and visual commentary at appropriate places within the text. New authors James Lindgren and Robert Sitkoff updated the book to reflect legal change while remaining careful to retain the same interesting mix of cases, engaging notes and flexible organization that makes this a highly successful casebook. Additions and improvements to the previous edition include due attention to new developments in law reform by the ALI and NCCUSL such as: Restatement Third, Trusts (2003, Uniform Trust Code (2000) including proposed 2004 amendments, Restatement (Third) of Property: Wills and Other Donative Transfers (2001, 2003)and Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act (2002. Attention is given to ongoing developments in the law such as inheritance rights of posthumously conceived children, standing of donors in suits against the trustees of charitable trusts, the rise of domestic offshore self-settled spendthrift trusts, the erosion of the rule against perpetuities and the rise of the perpetual, generation-skipping trust. There is enhanced coverage of increasingly important topics such as fiduciary administration and trust investment law (including modern portfolio theory, diversification, the principal and income problem, and measuring damages; and inheritance rights of same-sex partners, inheritance rights of children, with comparison to the other common law countries (which are far more generous to children). Also included is a more logical presentation of nonprobate transfers and their role in estate planning, fully updated tax chapter with attention to new developments such as the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Notes, questions, and problems have been revised throughout where appropriate in light of the foregoing and other developments.

Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights

Thom Hartmann

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Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights

Was the Boston Tea Party the first WTO-style protest against transnational corporations? Did Supreme Court sell out America's citizens in the nineteenth century, with consequences lasting to this day? Is there a way for American citizens to recover democracy of, by, and for the people?

Thom Hartmann takes on these most difficult questions and tells a startling story that will forever change your understanding of American history. He begins by uncovering an original eyewitness account of the Boston Tea Party and demonstrates that it was provoked not by "taxation without representation" as is commonly suggested but by the specific actions of the East India Company, which represented the commericial interests of the British elite.

Hartmann then describes the history of the Fourteenth Amendment--created at the end of the Civil War to grant basic rights to freed slaves--and how it has been used by lawyers representing corporate interests to extend additional rights to businesses far more frequently than to freed slaves. Prior to 1886, corporations were referred to in U.S. law as "artificial persons." but in 1886, after a series of cases brought by lawyers representing the expanding railroad interests, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations were "persons" and entitled to the same rights granted to people under the Bill of Rights. Since this ruling, America has lost the legal structures that allowed for people to control corporate behavior.

As a result, the largest transnational corporations fill a role today that has historically been filled by kings. They control most of the world's wealth and exert power over the lives of most of the world's citizens. Their CEOs are unapproachable and live lives of nearly unimaginable wealth and luxury. They've become the rudder that steers the ship of much human experience, and they're steering it by their prime value--growth and profit and any expense--a value that has become destructive for life on Earth. This new feudalism was not what our Founders--Federalists and Democratic Republicans alike--envisioned for America.

It's time for "we, the people" to take back our lives. Hartmann proposes specific legal remedies that could truly save the world from political, economic, and ecological disaster.

Beyond the Grave: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children (And Others)

Gerald M. Condon, Jeffrey L. Condon

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Do right by your kids...get this book 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have several estate planning books...the "how to" type and they are great. This is the book you need to read before you start filling in the blanks. I wish my parents had read this book. It would have saved my family relationships. This book gives you the basic information you need before drawing up your trust. Protect your beneficiaries and prevent family conflict by reading this book!

Lots of mini-cases; Easy to read 4 out of 5 stars.
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Only estate book I've seen written in an easy-to-read, mini-case-study format. Very practical and thought-provoking advice. Tends to focus on little worst-case scenarios in an attempt to get people to plan properly for all the things that can go wrong in an estate.

For what it's worth, I thought the book was generally best-suited for estates with $100,000 to about $2,000,000 in assets. Don't get me wrong, there's something in here for all estate sizes - especially for people just starting the process of developing a plan. However, don't buy this book looking for technical discussions of advanced tax-minimizing strategies. If you or your clients have estates over this $2MM mark, this book can be a great thought-provoker, but some of the advice isn't really suitable for larger estates.

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For everyone concerned with preventing family conflict over their estates, this is the first book to give precise instructions that ensure that each heir receives an equitable and thoughtful legacy--while the IRS and lawyers get the minimum amount.

Make Your Own Living Trust (Book & CD-ROM)

Denis Clifford

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No other book covers living trusts better -- or more simply -- than this bestselling book.

Death may be inevitable, but probate doesn't have to be. By creating a living trust, your property will bypass lengthy and expensive probate proceedings and go directly to the people you've designated, quickly and easily.

Make Your Own Living Trust explains how to create a living trust, transfer property to the trust and amend or revoke the trust at any time. Specifically, it covers how to:

create various living trusts, including an AB trust (also known as a "marital trust" or "bypass trust")

transfer assets to your trust, including real estate, stocks and bonds, jewelry, art or a small business

name beneficiaries for all trust property

sign your document and make it legal

appoint someone to manage property left to minors or young adults

provide for trust property management if you become incapacitated

retain absolute control over trust property while you live

Make Your Own Living Trust includes all the forms you need -- as tear-outs and on CD-ROM -- to create your own trust, plus step-by-step instructions for filling them out.

Completely updated and revised, the 8th edition covers the latest laws and information about federal and state estate taxes.

Good in all states except Louisiana.

Plain English for Lawyers (5th Edition)

Richard C. Wydick

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Wydick s Plain English for Lawyers--now in its fifth edition--has been a favorite of law students, legal writing teachers, lawyers, and judges for over 25 years.

In January 2005, the Legal Writing Institute gave Wydick its Golden Pen Award for having written Plain English for Lawyers. The Legal Writing Institute is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis, and research. The Institute has over 1,300 members representing all of the ABA-accredited law schools in the United States. Its membership also includes law teachers from other nations, English teachers, and practicing lawyers.

The LWI award states: 'Plain English for Lawyers . . . has become a classic. Perhaps no single work has done more to improve the writing of lawyers and law students and to promote the modern trend toward a clear, plain style of legal writing.'

In 2003 Wydick retired after 32 years on the law faculty of the University of California, Davis. But he still teaches his favorite course -- a seminar in advanced legal writing for third-year law students. For the past eight summers he has also lectured at the International Legislative Drafting Institute presented in New Orleans by the Public Law Center, a joint venture of Tulane and Loyola law schools. There the audience consists of lawyers and non-lawyers from abroad who earn their living drafting legislation in many different languages. 'Teaching at the Institute,' Wydick says, 'is a precious opportunity to learn how much we English-users have in common with people who write laws in other languages.'

How does the fifth edition of Plain English for Lawyers differ from its predecessors? It remains (in size only!) a little book, small enough and palatable enough not to intimidate over-loaded law students. 'Most of the text remains the same,' Wydick says, 'but in the past seven years I ve learned some new things about writing in English, and I want to share that with the readers.' In addition, the exercises at the end of the chapters are different (a welcome change for long-time teachers who are tired of the old ones). Finally, the teacher's manual includes additional exercises that teachers can give to students who want or need extra practice.

Kiplinger's Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy

John Ventura

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A complete and comprehensive guide to estate management 5 out of 5 stars.
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What happens to all of one's belongings if one is randomly and tragically killed in a bus accident? Kiplinger's Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy is a complete and comprehensive guide to estate management, whether one carries an estate worth millions or worth less than thousand. It's a guide for anyone about how to make sure one's will is carried out when one makes a purchase of metaphorical agricultural land. Kiplinger's Estate Planning is a must for anyone worried about their friends and family and wants to leave them something when the time comes, and is also highly recommended for community library finance collections.

Editorial Review:

If I don't have an estate plan, what will happen when I die? Can I plan my own estate, or should I work with an estate attorney? How can I make sure that my estate isn't whittled away by state and federal taxes?

In Kiplinger's Estate Planning, financial expert and attorney John Ventura offers straightforward guidance on all of the tools of estate planning, from wills, trusts, and custodial accounts to insurance, employee befits, and durable power of attorney for finance and health care.

In this easy-to-read guide, learn:

What you can and can't do with a will

How a living trust works

Your options for transferring assets to your spouse or partner

How to give your assets away while you are alive

How to use a durable power of attorney for health care -- and what will happen if you become incapacitated without one

Controlling your death with a living will

How to leave a personal legacy

How to complete the process on your own or work with an estate attorney

Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings (South-Western Legal Studies in Business Academic Series)

Marianne M. Jennings

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Decent, but rather uneven coverage for an intro text. 3 out of 5 stars.
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One benefit of this book is that it contains articles, commentary, and discussion questions all in one text. It also covers a wide variety of issues, which is good since business ethics is a vast subject. On the negative side, I don't think the organization of the sections is the most effective way to approach the topic. The sections are organized based on a 1991 survey of CEOs in which the participants ranked their most important types of ethical dilemmas. As a result, there isn't the logical flow or progression of ideas from chapter to chapter that one might expect from a philosophy book. Unfortunately, the pragmatic interests of CEOs are not the same as the educational needs of students who are new to business ethics. There is also no discussion of ethical theories and no direct interaction between the articles. On the whole, this book may be beneficial if used in conjunction with a survey of ethical theories and ethical decision-making, but taken by itself it makes for a rather uneven introduction to business ethics.

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Packed with real-life examples, BUSINESS ETHICS: CASE STUDIES AND SELECTED READINGS, 6th Edition explores the complex issues of ethics from the inside. Offering a unique perspective, this market-leading text gets behind the decision-making process of today’s business leaders -- from prominent players to everyday professionals. It helps you dissect what makes people cross lines they would not ordinarily cross. A combination of short and long cases, readings, hypothetical situations, and current ethical dilemmas, BUSINESS ETHICS provides a thorough training and thought-provoking experience on business ethics. Applying theory to real-world practice, it reinforces a vital sense of values in future business leaders.

How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California

Anthony Mancuso

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* community service groups * schools * art studios * dance and music groups * religious organizations and churches * environmental and activist groups

Most organizations trying to gain legal nonprofit status don't have the money to pay a lawyer thousands of dollars for help. Fortunately, they don't have to.

In this definitive guide for anyone who wants to start a nonprofit organization in California, corporation expert Attorney Anthony Mancuso shows you step by step how to form and operate a tax-exempt corporation.

How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California includes complete instructions for obtaining federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption and for qualifying for public charity status with the IRS. It also provides:

* line-by-line instructions for completing your IRS tax exemption application * instructions and completed sample clauses for preparing Articles of Incorporation * ready-to-use bylaws for membership and non-membership nonprofits * ready-to-use minutes for the organizational meeting * state sheets with California's specific nonprofit legal and tax requirements

This 9th edition has been revised to include the most up-to-date tax and legal information, and it includes all the forms for articles, bylaws and minutes, both as tear-outs and on a CD-ROM.

This definitive guide to forming a nonprofit corporation in California is also available in a handy new format: a corporate records binder. Look up The California Nonprofit Corporation Kit for more details.